[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 32190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11382]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Training Plans, New Miner Training, Newly-
Hired Experienced Miner Training

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting Mine Safety and 
Health Administration (MSHA)-sponsored information collection request 
(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). 
Public comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that the agency 
receives on or before June 27, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) if the information will be processed and used in a timely 
manner; (3) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and 
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nora Hernandez by telephone at 202-
693-8633, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 
1977 (Mine Act), as amended, 30 U.S.C. 801 et seq., recognizes that 
education and training is an important element of federal efforts to 
make the nation's mines safe. These standards are intended to ensure 
that miners will be effectively trained in matters affecting their 
health and safety, with the goal of reducing the occurrence of injury 
and illness in the nation's mines. Title 30 CFR 46.3 requires written 
training plans for training and retraining miners engaged in shell 
dredging or employed at sand, gravel, surface stone, surface clay, 
colloidal phosphate, or surface limestone mines. For additional 
substantive information about this ICR, see the related notice 
published in the Federal Register on January 21, 2022 (87 FR 3357).
    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency 
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and 
the public is generally not required to respond to an information 
collection, unless the OMB approves it and displays a currently valid 
OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions 
of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to 
comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid 
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
    DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for 
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than 
three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information 
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive 
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
    Agency: DOL-MSHA.
    Title of Collection: Training Plans, New Miner Training, Newly-
hired Experienced Miner Training.
    OMB Control Number: 1219-0131.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits institutions.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,996.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 1,135,343.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 155,965 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $348,531.

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))

Nora Hernandez,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-11382 Filed 5-26-22; 8:45 am]
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